Observer Report: Hornets Putting in Bid for Future All-Star Game

With the formal announcement coming Tuesday morning, Charlotte Observer reporter Rick Bonnell is reporting that the Hornets organization will put in a bid for a future All-Star weekend, possibly as soon as 2017.

The Charlotte Hornets plan to formally submit a bid Tuesday to host either the 2017 or 2018 NBA All-Star Weekend, a source close to the process said Monday….

The NBA awarded the 2015 All-Star Weekend to New York and the 2016 event to Toronto. A decision on 2017 and ’18 is expected sometime this coming winter or spring.

That decision could hinge on upgrades to the now nine-year-old Time Warner Cable Arena, a point NBA Commissioner Adam Silver has outlined multiple times. In recent statements Silver was very complimentary of Charlotte as a potential destination and expressed his desire for them to make a bid. Charlotte last hosted All-Star Weekend in 1991.

Queen City Hoops has learned from sources that the Hornets will meet with deputy NBA Commissioner Mark Tatum tomorrow to discuss the entire bidding process.

More on this tomorrow after the formal announcement which you can watch on hornets.com